Grace in Common

In this episode, Marinus and Gray interview Professor Cornelis van der Kooi at the European Neo-Calvinism Conference in Basel Switzerland. The title of the conference this year was "Neo-Calvinism and Barthianism: Controversies and Convergences in Dogmatics and Public Theology. " Dr. van der Kooi delievered one of the plenary addresses.

Our regular hosts include:

Dr. Marnius de Jong

Dr. Gray Sutanto

Dr. Cory Brock

Dr. James Eglinton

In this episode, Cory, Marinus, and Gray discuss Geerhardus Vos and Dutch-American Neo-Calvinism  with with George Harinck

Important note pointed out by one of our listeners:

Verbondsgeschiedenis by S.G. de Graaf has been translated into English by H. Evan Runner and published in Canada by Paideia Press in 1977. It was later published by P& R Books as Promise and Deliverance. It is availble at this link: https://www.cantaroinstitute.store/products/promise-and-deliverance-volume-4-christ-and-the-nations

In this episode, Marinus and Gray discuss two events in the world of Neo-Calvinsim: the new T&T Clark Studies in Neo-Calvinism series and the upcoming conference "Neo-Calvinism and Barthianism: Controversies and Convergences in Dogmatics and Public Theology."

T&T Clark Studies in Neo-Calvinism

https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/series/tt-clark-studies-in-neocalvinism/

Neo-Calvinism and Barthianism: Controversies and Convergences in Dogmatics and Public Theology

https://www.neocalvinism.org/neo-calvinism-and-barthianism/

In this episode, James and Gray discuss the new book The Essential Herman Bavinck: A Reader and Commentary.

Bavinck, Herman. The Essential Herman Bavinck: A Reader and Commentary. Edited by Gayle E. Doornbos and Nathaniel Gray Sutanto. Baker Academic, a division of Baker Publishing Group, 2026. https://bakeracademic.com/products/9781540968487_the-essential-herman-bavinck

In this episode, Cory, Marinus, and James discuss AI and the Christian life with Maaike E. Harmsen.

The State of Neo-Calvinism in A.D. 2026

In this episode, Marinus, James, and Gray, reflect on the field of Neo-Calvinism after the Kuyper Conference in March.

n this episode, Marinus, Cory, James, and Gray, finish their series reading and discussing Herman Bavinck's Philosophy of Revelation. This week, they discuss the tenth chapter on “Revelation and the Future.”

Read along with us as we walk through the chapters of this significant work.

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In this episode, James and Gray, continue their series reading and discussing Herman Bavinck's Philosophy of Revelation. This week, they discuss the ninth chapter on “Revelation and Culture.”

Read along with us as we walk through the chapters of this significant work.

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In this episode, James, Marinus, and Cory, continue their series reading and discussing Herman Bavinck's Philosophy of Revelation. This week, they discuss the eighth chapter on “Revelation and Religious Experience”

Read along with us as we walk through the chapters of this significant work.

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In this episode, James and Gray, continue their series reading and discussing Herman Bavinck's Philosophy of Revelation. This week, they discuss the seventh chapter on “Revelation and Christianity.”

Read along with us as we walk through the chapters of this significant work.

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In this episode, James and Gray, continue their series reading and discussing Herman Bavinck's Philosophy of Revelation. This week, they discuss the sixth chapter on “Revelation and Religion.”

Read along with us as we walk through the chapters of this significant work.

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In this episode, James, Gray, and Marinus continue their series reading and discussing Herman Bavinck's Philosophy of Revelation. This week, they discuss the fifth chapter on “Revelation and History.”

Read along with us as we walk through the chapters of this significant work.

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In this episode, James, Gray, and Marinus continue their series reading and discussing Herman Bavinck's Philosophy of Revelation. This week, they discuss the fourth chapter on “Revelation and Nature.”

Read along with us as we walk through the chapters of this significant work.

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In this special episode, we share another conversation the team had this past May in São Paulo, Brazil at the conference titled "A Public Gospel: Evangelicals, Neo-Calvinists, and Society" held at Mackenzie University. We sat down with Gayle Doornbos, Associate Professor of Theology at Dordt University, to discuss a theology of suffering.

In this episode, we share a conversation the team had this past May in São Paulo, Brazil at the conference titled "A Public Gospel: Evangelicals, Neo-Calvinists, and Society" held at Mackenzie University. They discuss the growing interest in neo-Calvinism in Brazil.

In this episode, James, Gray, and Cory continue their series reading and discussing Herman Bavinck's Philosophy of Revelation. This week, they discuss the third chapter on “Revelation and Philosphy." 

Read along with us as we walk through the chapters of this significant work.

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In this episode, James, Gray, Cory, and Marinus continue their series reading and discussing Herman Bavinck's Philosophy of Revelation. This week, they discuss the second chapter on “Revelation and Philosphy." 

Read along with us as we walk through the chapters of this significant work.

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In this episode, James, Cory, and Marinus continue their series reading and discussing Herman Bavinck's Philosophy of Revelation. This week, they discuss the first chapter on “The Idea of a Philosophy of Revelation. 

Read along with us as we walk through the chapters of this significant work.

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In this episode, James and Cory introduce a new series where they will be reading and discussing Herman Bavinck's Philosophy of Revelation. They discuss the significance of this work within the context of Neo-Calvinism and cultural apologetics. The conversation explores the intellectual landscape of Bavinck's time, including his engagement with Nietzsche, and offers insights into how readers can approach Bavinck's complex lectures.

Read along with us as we walk through the chapters of this significant work.

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In this episode, Cory and Gray finish their series reviewing Abraham Kuyper's Lectures on Calvinism. This week, they discuss Lecture 6 on Calvinism and the Future.

Sources mentioned in this episode:

Abraham Kuyper, Lectures on Calvinism: Six Lectures Delivered at Princeton University [in 1898] (Grand Rapids, MI: W. B. Eerdmans, 2002).

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In this episode, Marinus, Gray, and James continue a series reviewing Abraham Kuyper's Lectures on Calvinism. This week, they discuss Lecture 5 on Calvinism and Art.

Sources mentioned in this episode:

Abraham Kuyper, Lectures on Calvinism: Six Lectures Delivered at Princeton University [in 1898] (Grand Rapids, MI: W. B. Eerdmans, 2002).

Gavin Ortlund, Why God Makes Sense in a World That Doesn’t: The Beauty of Christian Theism (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Academic, a division of Baker Publishing Group, 2021).

In this episode, Cory and James continue a series reviewing Abraham Kuyper's Lectures on Calvinism. This week, they continue discussing Lecture 4 on Calvinism and Science.

Sources mentioned in this episode:

Abraham Kuyper, Lectures on Calvinism: Six Lectures Delivered at Princeton University [in 1898] (Grand Rapids, MI: W. B. Eerdmans, 2002).

Timothy Keller, Making Sense of God: An Invitation to the Skeptical (New York, New York: Viking, 2016).

In this episode, Cory, James, and Gray discuss some of the research projects they are working on, including rethinking the Christian history of languages, the doctrines of sin and demons in the Reformed Tradition, the principles of Reformed retrieval, preaching, and worldview vs. wisdom.

Exploring Neo-Calvinism: Foundations for Cultural Apologetics

6-SESSION WEEKLY ONLINE COHORT

MONDAYS, MAY 26 - JUNE 30, 2025

In this conversation, Cory, James, and Marinus are all in Edinburgh to discuss the theology of history in the work of Klaas Schilder.

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In this episode, Marinus, Cory, and James continue a series discussing Abraham Kuyper's Lectures on Calvinism. This week they discuss Lecture 4 on Calvinism and Science.

Sources mentioned in this episode:

Abraham Kuyper, Lectures on Calvinism: Six Lectures Delivered at Princeton University [in 1898] (Grand Rapids, MI: W. B. Eerdmans, 2002).

Seb Falk, The Light Ages: A Medieval Journey of Discovery (London: Penguin Books, 2021).

In this episode, Marinus, Gray, and James continue a series discussing Abraham Kuyper's Lectures on Calvinism. This week they continue their discussion of Lecture 3 on Calvinism, Politics, and the Church.

Sources mentioned in this episode:

Abraham Kuyper, Lectures on Calvinism: Six Lectures Delivered at Princeton University [in 1898] (Grand Rapids, MI: W. B. Eerdmans, 2002).

Abraham Kuyper and James D. Bratt, Abraham Kuyper: A Centennial Reader (Grand Rapids, Mich. : Carlisle: W.B. Eerdmans ; Paternoster Press, 1998).

Jessica Renee Joustra and Robert Joustra, eds., Calvinism for a Secular Age: A Twenty-First-Century Reading of Abraham Kuyper’s Stone Lectures (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2021).

In this episode, Gray and James discuss medieval theology, the different assessments of it between the US and the UK, and how they have used it in their current research.

Sources mentioned in this episode:

Seb Falk, The Light Ages: A Medieval Journey of Discovery (London: Penguin Books, 2021).

Herman Bavinck, Essays on Religion, Science, and Society, ed. John Bolt, trans. Harry Boonstra and Gerrit Sheeres (Grand Rapids, Mich: Baker Academic, 2008).

Johannes Bonaventura and Dominic Monti, “Works of Saint Bonaventure. 9: Breviloquium / Introd., Transl. and Notes by Dominic V. Monti” (Saint Bonaventure, NY: Franciscan Institute Publ, 2005).

Richard Cross, Communicatio Idiomatum: Reformation Christological Debates, Changing Paradigms in Historical and Systematic Theology (Oxford New York (N.Y.): Oxford University Press, 2019).

In this episode, Gray, Cory, and James continue a series discussing Abraham Kuyper's Lectures on Calvinism. This week they discuss lecture 3 on Calvinism and Politics focusing on the topic of the state.

Sources mentioned in this episode:

Abraham Kuyper, Lectures on Calvinism: Six Lectures Delivered at Princeton University [in 1898] (Grand Rapids, MI: W. B. Eerdmans, 2002).

Abraham Kuyper, Common Grace (Volume 3): God’s Gifts for a Fallen World, 1st ed, Abraham Kuyper Collected Works in Public Theology Series (Bellingham: Faithlife Corporation, 2020).

H. M. Kuitert, Everything Is Politics but Politics Is Not Everything: A Theological Perspective on Faith and Politics (Grand Rapids, Mich: W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co, 1986).

Luke Bretherton, Christ and the Common Life: Political Theology and the Case for Democracy (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2019).

Matthew Kaemingk, Christian Hospitality and Muslim Immigration in an Age of Fear (Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2018).

David T. Koyzis, Citizenship Without Illusions: A Christian Guide to Political Engagement, 1st ed (Westmont: InterVarsity Press, 2024).

Jonathan Chaplin, Faith in Democracy: Framing a Politics of Deep Diversity (La Vergne: Hymns Ancient & Modern Ltd, 2021).

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In this episode, Cory, Gray, and James sit down with Gavin Ortlund to discuss his new bookWhat it Means to Be Protestant. 

Sources mentioned in this episode:

Gavin Ortlund,What It Means to Be Protestant: The Case for an Always-Reforming Church (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Reflective, 2024).

In this episode, Cory and James continue a series discussing Abraham Kuyper'sLectures on Calvinism.

Sources mentioned in this episode:

Abraham Kuyper,Lectures on Calvinism: Six Lectures Delivered at Princeton University [in 1898] (Grand Rapids, MI: W. B. Eerdmans, 2002).

Abraham Kuyper and James D. Bratt,Abraham Kuyper: A Centennial Reader (Grand Rapids, Mich. : Carlisle: W.B. Eerdmans ; Paternoster Press, 1998).

Jessica Renee Joustra and Robert Joustra, eds.,Calvinism for a Secular Age: A Twenty-First-Century Reading of Abraham Kuyper’s Stone Lectures (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2021).

In this episode, Cory and James begin a series discussing Abraham Kuyper's Lectures on Calvinism.

Sources mentioned in this episode:

Abraham Kuyper, Lectures on Calvinism: Six Lectures Delivered at Princeton University [in 1898] (Grand Rapids, MI: W. B. Eerdmans, 2002).

Abraham Kuyper and James D. Bratt, Abraham Kuyper: A Centennial Reader (Grand Rapids, Mich. : Carlisle: W.B. Eerdmans ; Paternoster Press, 1998).

Jessica Renee Joustra and Robert Joustra, eds., Calvinism for a Secular Age: A Twenty-First-Century Reading of Abraham Kuyper’s Stone Lectures (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2021).

In this episode, Cory, James, and Gray discuss the recent interview with Joe Rogan and Wesley Huff on the Joe Rogan Experience. This was a unique moment that allowed a scholar of biblical manuscripts to talk about Christianity on the most downloaded podcast in the world. We are interested in apologetics and evangelism, particularly how Dutch theology has deeply affected apologetics over the last half-century. 

Sources mentioned in this episode:

The Joe Rogan Experience #2252 - Wesley Huff

In this episode, Marinus, James, and Gray sit down with Gijsbert van de Brink, Professor of Theology and Science at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. They discuss his relationship to the neo-Calvinist tradition and his new book Progress in Theology.

Sources mentioned in this episode:

Gijsbert van den Brink and Cornelis van der Kooi, Christian Dogmatics: An Introduction, (Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2017).

Gijsbert van den Brink, Philosophy of Science for Theologians: An Introduction, Contributions to Philosophical Theology, v. 12 (Frankfurt am Main ; New York: Peter Lang, 2009).

Gijsbert van den Brink, Rik Peels, and Bethany N. Sollereder, eds., Progress in Theology, Routledge Science and Religion Series (Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY: Routledge, 2025).

In this episode, Cory, Gray, James and Marinus sit down with Richard Mouw to discuss his history with the neo-Calvinist tradition. The team also discusses Mouw's new book, Divine Generosity: The Scope of Salvation in Reformed Theology.

Richard J. Mouw, Divine Generosity: The Scope of Salvation in Reformed Theology (Chicago: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co, 2024).

In this episode, Cory, Gray, James and Marinus sit down with Ligon Duncan, Chancellor and CEO of Reformed Theological Seminary and the John E. Richards Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology. They discuss their many shared connections with Ligon, the history and focus of Reformed Theological Seminary, the role neo-Calvinism has played at RTS, Ligon’s doctoral work on covenant theology in the patristic period, and the challenges of theological education.

In this episode, Marinus and Gray discuss the legacy of Karl Barth, his relationship to the neo-Calvinist tradition, and how (and if) he can be a helpful resource.

Sources discussed in this episode:

Matthew Lee Anderson, Confidence in Life: A Barthian Account of Procreation, 1st ed, T&T Clark Enquiries in Theological Ethics Series (London: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2024).

Karl Barth and Edwyn Clement Hoskyns, The Epistle to the Romans (London: Oxford University Press, 1968).

Karl Barth, Nein! Antwort an Emil Brunner, (Germany: C. Kaiser, 1934).

Herman Bavinck, The Foremost Problems of Contemporary Dogmatics: On Faith, Knowledge, and the Christian Tradition (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2024).

David Fergusson, “Karl Barth’s Doctrine of Creation: Church‐bells beyond the Stars,” International Journal of Systematic Theology 18, no. 4 (October 2016): 414–31.

George Harinck and D. van Keulen, eds., De receptie van Karl Barth in Nederland (Amersfoort: Uitgeverij De Vuurbaak, 2022).

Paul T. Nimmo, Being in Action: The Theological Shape of Barth’s Ethical Vision, Library of New Testament Studies (London: T&T Clark, 2007).

Christiane Tietz and Victoria J. Barnett, Karl Barth: A Life in Conflict (Oxford New York (N.Y.): Oxford university press, 2021).

Shao Kai Tseng, “Neo-Calvinism and the Theology of Karl Barth,” in  T&T Clark Handbook of Neo-Calvinism, Cory Brock and Nathaniel Gray Sutanto, eds., 1st ed (London: T&T Clark, 2024).

John Visser, “Karl Barth’s Appreciative Use of Herman Bavinck’s Reformed Dogmatics,” Calvin Theological Journal 45, no. 1 (2010): 79–86.

In this episode, James and Gray discuss social media and how the neo-Calvinist tradition has some theological resources for wise social media interaction. These resources include the notion of personality, theological anthropology, 

Sources discussed in this episode

J. H. Bavinck, Personality and Worldview, ed. James Perman Eglinton (Wheaton, Illinois: Crossway, 2023). https://www.crossway.org/books/personality-and-worldview-hcj/

Nathaniel Gray Sutanto, God and Humanity: Herman Bavinck and Theological Anthropology, 1st ed, T&T Clark Explorations in Reformed Theology Series (London: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2024). https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/god-and-humanity-9780567709028/

In this episode, Marinus, Gray, and Cory sit down with Henk van den Belt, who is a pastor and Professor of Dogmatics at the Free University of Amsterdam and the Theological University in Apeldoorn. They discuss Henk’s new book Geestspraak, which argues for a pneumatology of the Bible.

In this episode, the team continues discussing Gray's new book, God and Humanity: Herman Bavinck and Theological Anthropology. They focus on the later chapters of the book discussing sin, race, cultural diversity, and the beatific vision.

Sources discussed in this episode

Nathaniel Gray Sutanto, God and Humanity: Herman Bavinck and Theological Anthropology, 1st ed, T&T Clark Explorations in Reformed Theology Series (London: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2024). https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/god-and-humanity-9780567709028/

In this episode, Marinus and James discuss James' current research project on a Christian history of languages.

In this episode, the team continues discussing Gray's new book, God and Humanity: Herman Bavinck and Theological Anthropology. In particular they discuss affect theory and its impact on the Christian life.

Sources discussed in this episode

Nathaniel Gray Sutanto, God and Humanity: Herman Bavinck and Theological Anthropology, 1st ed, T&T Clark Explorations in Reformed Theology Series (London: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2024). https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/god-and-humanity-9780567709028/

In this episode, the team begins discussing Gray's new book, God and Humanity: Herman Bavinck and Theological Anthropology. They discuss how Gray is so productive, what is theological anthropology, and its importance.

Sources discussed in this episode

Nathaniel Gray Sutanto, God and Humanity: Herman Bavinck and Theological Anthropology, 1st ed, T&T Clark Explorations in Reformed Theology Series (London: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2024). https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/god-and-humanity-9780567709028/

In this first episode of season 6, James, Gray, and Marinus discuss a forthcoming article written by Marinus on the French theologian Auguste Lecerf. While looking at how Lecerf adapted neo-Calvinism for the French context, the team also discusses how neo-Calvinism looks in other contexts.

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In this next episode recorded during the 2024 Kuyper Conference at Calvin University, the team sits down with James Bratt author of the biography Abraham Kuyper: Modern Calvinist, Christian Democrat. They discuss how Bratt discovered the neo-Calvinist tradition and how he wrote the biography.

Publications mentioned in this episode:

James D. Bratt, Abraham Kuyper: Modern Calvinist, Christian Democrat, Library of Religious Biography (Grand Rapids, Mich: W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co, 2013).

Abraham Kuyper and James D. Bratt, Abraham Kuyper: A Centennial Reader (Grand Rapids, Mich. : Carlisle: W.B. Eerdmans ; Paternoster Press, 1998).

In this episode, Cory, Gray, Marinus, and James discuss how the ideas in the neo-Calvinist tradition are connected to Scripture.

In another live episode from the 2024 Kuyper Conference, James, Marinus, Gray, and Cory sit down with George Harinck to discuss the state of the neo-Calvinist movement in 2024. George brings a unique perspective as a Dutch historian. From the rise of neo-Calvinist studies in 2008 to today, the team discusses what has changed and what might be needed for the future.

In our second live episode from the 2024 Kuyper Conference, James, Cory, Marinus, and Gray sit down with Dr. Greg Parker, Assistant Professor at Cairn University. The team discusses some ideas from Greg's research on the relationship between dogmatics and ethics and the place of theology among other disciplines.

Publications mentioned in this episode: